A butt weld equal tee is a pipe fitting used in piping systems where the main pipe and branch pipe have the same diameter (equal diameter). The connection method involves butt welding, meaning the fitting is joined to the pipe via welding, using a butt welding process at the interface.
It is primarily used when a main pipeline requires branching while maintaining the same pipe diameter for the branch. This allows for fluid diversion or merging within the same pipe diameter, making it a common connecting component in industrial piping systems.
Specification
| Nominal Pipe Size | Outside diameter at bevel |
Center-to-End | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run (C) | Outlet(M) | ||
| 1/2″ | 21.3 | 25 | 25 |
| 3/4″ | 26.7 | 29 | 29 |
| 1″ | 33.4 | 38 | 38 |
| 1 1/4″ | 42.2 | 48 | 48 |
| 1 1/2″ | 48.3 | 57 | 57 |
| 2″ | 60.3 | 64 | 64 |
| 2 1/2″ | 73.0 | 76 | 76 |
| 3″ | 88.9 | 86 | 86 |
| 3 1/2″ | 101.6 | 95 | 95 |
| 4″ | 114.3 | 105 | 105 |
| 5″ | 141.3 | 124 | 124 |
| 6″ | 168.3 | 143 | 143 |
| 8″ | 219.1 | 178 | 178 |
| 10″ | 273.0 | 216 | 216 |
| 12″ | 323.8 | 254 | 254 |
| 14″ | 355.6 | 279 | 279 |
| 16″ | 406.4 | 305 | 305 |
| 18″ | 457.0 | 343 | 343 |
| 20″ | 508.0 | 381 | 381 |
| 22″ | 559.0 | 419 | 419 |
| 24″ | 610.0 | 432 | 432 |
